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Married couples will no longer have to pledge to be faithful in Italy after fidelity is considered 'outdated'

Married couples will no longer have to pledge to be faithful in Italy after it was considered fidelity was outdated.
A bill put forward to Italy's Civil Code would permit adultery by removing faithfulness from marriage contracts.
Senators who have signed off the amendment claim married people not cheating on their wives and husbands is a 'cultural legacy from an outdated and obsolete vision of marriage, family, and the rights and duties of spouses'.

Laura Cantini, one of the senators pushing the new bill, said the new wording is 'a much more advanced model', according to The Local.

She and her peers are citing a ruling from the top court in Italy stating judges could not by law blame a divorce on 'the mere failure to observe the duty of fidelity'.

It is down to the husband or wife who has been cheated on to prove their other half's infidelity caused the break-up.

The amended legislation is now with the judiciary committee having been presented to the Italian Senate last year.

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Earlier this year, fidelity and faithfulness were removed from civil unions bills in Italy.

It sparked outrage within the LGBT who claimed it showed disparity between heterosexual and homosexual relationships.

In 2013, a poll showed 55 percent of men and a third of women in Italy admitted to cheating on their partners - the highest percentage in Europe.

In the UK, 42 percent admitted being unfaithful and in Germany the figure was up at 46 percent.

The bill amendment has been put forward to Italy's Civil Code would by senatorsIt would permit adultery by removing faithfulness from marriage contractsSupporters claim fidelity in relationships is an 'obsolete version of marriage'In a 2013 poll, more than half of married Italian men admitted having an affair.